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<h1>PROBING</h1>
<p>Probe routines run without blocking the main GUI. This gives the operator the opportunity to watch the DROs and stop the routine at any time.</p>

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    <p>Probing is very unforgiving of mistakes - be sure to check settings before using.</p>
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<p>There are 2 probe interfaces available - VersaProbe and BasicProbe.
Which one to use is specified in the [PROBE] section of the ini file.
The only keywords accepted are “versaprobe” and “basicprobe” (no quote marks).
If the [PROBE] section is missing or blank, the GUI will start with no probing page.</p>

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	<li>[PROBE]</li>
    <li>USE_PROBE = versaprobe</li>
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<p>or</p>

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	<li>[PROBE]</li>
    <li>USE_PROBE = basicprobe</li>
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